I offer free email to visitors to a diabetes support site I run. The intent is for kids to get a spam protected address, since I am brutal in blocking mail to that domain. Within a week of launching it several years ago, fraudsters found it and signed up for accounts and began spamming.
I changed the sign up process and I manually review every single request for an account, looking at source IP, email address to which account information is sent, and phone number of the requestor. I still get several attmepts per week from spammers to obtain accounts and they are blatant about it, filling in "Spammer" and stuff like that in the name field. Had I to do it over again, I would not offer free email. It's nothing but a headache. And remember, people lie all the time about where they live. Jeff Hitchcock - [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matrosity Hosting Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 1:01 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] I got rid of free email spammers This is for a town you actually have to live in to get it. Bill Foresman Matrosity Hosting www.matrosity.com 850.656.2644 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff Hitchcock Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 12:54 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] I got rid of free email spammers Free email is a nightmare. I would try to dissuade anyone interested. There is no upside, only down. Jeff Hitchcock - [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matrosity Hosting Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 10:09 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] I got rid of free email spammers Got a client that wants to offer free email so is there any other gotcha's you can offer? Thanks, Bill Foresman Matrosity Hosting www.matrosity.com 850.656.2644 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of 613xxx Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 5:13 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [IMail Forum] I got rid of free email spammers We have Free Web email- and for the past year the Nigerians, Lottos were signing up to send spam. Not sure what they had in mind doing this from web interface- but first we cut the maximum recipients to 5 for any outgoing email. They were still signing up-- but leaving quickly. Now we have set up a PAYPAL free subscription for a year, then charge .01 for the next 5 years. Any combination will work. These spam thieves will not sign up via paypal. To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
